Описание: The balance of nature in any strict sense has been upset long ago...The only option we have is to create a new balance objectively determined for each area in accordance with the intended use of that area.
Автор: Tweed William C. Название: Uncertain Path: A Search for the Future of National Parks ISBN: 0520271386 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520271388 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3326.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Takes us to California`s spectacular High Sierra to discover a vision for our national parks as they approach their 100th anniversary. Asking how we can make these magnificent parks relevant for the next generation, this title shows why we must do just that.
Автор: Gianquitto Tina, Fisher Lydia Название: America`s Darwin: Darwinian Theory and U.S. Culture ISBN: 0820346756 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780820346755 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 4019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: While much has been written about the impact of Darwin`s theories on US culture, and scholarly collections have been devoted to the science of evolution, few have addressed Darwin`s theories as a cultural force affecting US writers. This book fills this gap, featuring critical approaches that examine US textual responses to Darwin`s works.
Описание: As recently as 2008, when Presidents Bush and Obama acted to bail out the nation�s crashing banks and failing auto companies, the perennial objection erupted anew: government has no business in . . . business. Mike O�Connor argues in this book that those who cite history to decry government economic intervention are invoking a tradition that simply does not exist. In a cogent and timely take on this ongoing and increasingly contentious debate, O�Connor uses deftly drawn historical analyses of major political and economic developments to puncture the abiding myth that business once operated apart from government. From its founding to the present day, our commercial republic has always mixed--and battled over the proper balance of--politics and economics. Contesting the claim that the modern-day libertarian conception of U.S. political economy represents the �natural� American economic philosophy, O�Connor demonstrates that this perspective has served historically as only one among many. Beginning with the early national debate over the economic plans proposed by Alexander Hamilton, continuing through the legal construction of the corporation in the Gilded Age and the New Deal commitment to full employment, and concluding with contemporary concerns over lowering taxes, this book demonstrates how the debate over government intervention in the economy has illuminated the possibilities and limits of American democratic capitalism.
Автор: Beissinger Steven R., Ackerly David D., Doremus Holly Название: Science, Conservation, and National Parks ISBN: 022642300X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226423005 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 6178.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: As the US National Park Service marks its centennial in 2016, parks and protected areas worldwide are under increasing threat from a variety of factors, including storms and fires of greater severity, plant and animal extinctions, the changing attitudes of a public that has become more urbanized, and the political pressures of narrow special interest groups. In the face of such rapid environmental and cultural changes, Science, Conservation, and National Parks gathers a group of renowned scholars-including Edward O. Wilson, Jane Lubchenco, Thomas Dietz, and Monica Turner, among many others-who seek to address these problems and, in so doing, to secure a future for protected areas that will push forward the frontiers of biological, physical, and social science in and for parks. Examining the major challenges of parks and protected areas throughout the world, contributors provide answers to a number of key conservation questions, such as: How should stewardship address climate change, urban encroachment and pollution, and invasive species? How can society, especially youth, become more engaged with nature and parks, and are there models to guide interactions between parks and their neighbors? What are appropriate conservation objectives for parks in the Anthropocene? Charting a course for the parks of the next century, Science, Conservation, and National Parks is certain not only to catalyze the continued evolution of US park conservation policy, but also to be an inspiration for parks, conservation, and management worldwide.
Автор: Crandall Название: America`s Dirty Wars ISBN: 052117662X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521176620 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6176.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book examines the long, complex experience of American involvement in irregular warfare. It begins with the American Revolution in 1776 and chronicles big and small irregular wars for the next two and a half centuries, ending with the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Описание: Grusin investigates how the establishment of national parks participated in the production of American national identity after the Civil War. He explores the origins of America`s three major parks - Yosemite, Yellowstone and Grand Canyon - in relation to other forms of landscape representation in the late nineteenth century.
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